Ugh. Not happy Smyth will be back. Where do you put him when he's barely a roster player on this team that is supposedly going to have major changes in the off-season? Does he take a role as a Press Box player who jumps in every once in a while? Doubt it..

MacTavish confirmed we should see around 8 new players next season.. doesn't seem like there will be that many spots available to me. I think Hemsky is guaranteed to be traded. Belanger, Jones, Smithson, Petrell?, Whitney, Peckham, Potter (please), Fistric?, Khabibulin will all be gone.

The question marks are maybe the bolder moves Mac was referring to. A Horcoff buyout, or a Nick Schultz trade seem the most likely to me. The way he was talking about Gagner today makes me believe he'll be back.

Really tough to predict what will happen. I don't think there's any doubt Belanger, Jones, Whitney, Peckham, Khabibulin, Hemsky, Smithson, and one of Potter or Fistric will be gone, however.